hey dont bother, Dev-C++ isnt a compiler, it just use an existing compiler in the platform you are on (which is windows, isnt?),.. you dont need to use Dev-C++ or any other IDE (Integrated Development Enviroment) unless you are going some serious coding, which im sure is not the case =)

the problem now is, that , compiling Blender is only possible for Ton and other Blender developers since 1) the makefile system isnt working 2) there are no instructions, documentation or any kind

in other words, everyone is waiting for Ton to set up the correct cvs source, because obviously there was some error: the cvs source isnt usable

Charlls is right. I don't think its possible to get it to run in windows(for now anyways). I don't think that Ton was quite ready to release the source code because it has no documentation what-so-ever. Eventually I'm sure that it will be fixed. Just a little more waiting....